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Top scams targeting seniors include identify theft, sweepstakes, home repairs, romance and investments frauds – and the upcoming holiday season is prime time for targeting the elderly. Seniors lose an estimated $2.9 billion each year to financial scams, according to a 2019 Congressional report The vast majority of cases of elder exploitation involve family members,
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Scam Alert. Unfortunately, many cars and trucks flooded in hurricanes and other deep water disasters wind up for sale by unscrupulous dealers to unsuspecting customers. Here’s how to avoid getting soaked by buying a vehicle that is – simply – dangerous to drive. Electronics, including computer chips, hate water Since modern vehicles are heavy on
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Timeshares are big business. With many of us crunched for cash in these troubled times, selling your timeshare seems like a good way to help your budget. Not so fast, and not so easy. Timeshare exit scams also are big business, unfortunately filled with deceptive practices. Unscrupulous timeshare exit companies charge as much as $10,000
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For months now, I have been spammed almost daily by Jasmine Winget. Each time it is from a different email address, so blocking Jasmine Winget is useless because she – or her spammer network, most likely a bot – sends me the next spam email from a different address tomorrow or next week. Spammer Jasmine
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On top of everything we have to worry about these uncertain days, if you stayed at a Marriott brand hotel or resort recently, you should be worrying about identity theft and other personal security issues. There’s been a massive breach – since I stayed at one recently, I am personally at risk. Maybe you, too.
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Avoid these Coronavirus frauds and pandemic survival frauds: Every emergency, from a hurricane or eathquake to a pandemic, brings out the good in some of us along with scammers and fraudsters ready to take advantage of us. My inbox is going viral (pardon the pun) from scammers offering survival tools, including unique facemasks, vitamins and
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Coronavirus, political turmoil, blizzards and snowstorms that shut down airports in winter, hurricanes that shut down airports in summer and fall, computer outages, an injury or family emergency that prevents you from taking the trip you paid for. These are just some of the reasons to have travel insurance. There are many more. Travel insurance
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April 15th will be here before you know it. Here’s how to file your 2019 taxes for FREE online, even get free help preparing the documents, and a couple of low-cost options if you don’t qualify for the tax filing freebies. Note that some free services are not available to homeowners, taxpayers with itemized deductions,
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Scam Alert: Avoid a romance scam that will break your heart this Valentine’s Day, even steal your life savings. Scammers and fraudsters know that online dating websites see a surge in sign-ups between New Year’s Day and Valentine’s Day, and the bad guys are busy trolling for lonely men and women, especially seniors living alone.
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The stats are in, and here are the most popular ecoXplorer posts of 2019. You are a smart group of followers who want to avoid being ripped-off, since most of the top posts are our “scam alert” advisories. And you are an eclectic bunch, since other top posts ranged from endangered animals to a kitschy
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